"Stacy" is what you expect from a Japanese zombie movie; bizarre and over the top in every way.
The story told in the movie, is a bit lame. But you quickly get past that and enjoy the movie for its outrageous existence. Quickly summarized, then the movie is about girls reaching N.D.H. (Near Death Happiness) when they are in their late teenage years, only to rise as flesh eating zombies once they die. And that is pretty much it.
There are way too many characters in the movie that you don't really get attached to, because none of them have much screen time actually, and none of them are given any chance to have any depth or really outstanding personality. But then again, most people are only there for adding some stupid fact to the movie; such as the Romero Rekilling Special Unit military force that showed no particular military training or structure. It was all a big farce.
Sure the movie paid homage to George Romero's movies as well as the Evil Dead movies and especially Bruce Campbell. It was done in a funny enough way, that you got in to it, because it was so far out there.
The acting in "Stacy" is horrendous, but what can you expect in a movie of this type? There was a lot of overacting and the zombies, in particular, looked like crazed drug addicts staggering around looking for their next fix of amphetamine. What was up with the flicking tongues and rolling eyes? I suppose it did give the movie a comical approach, but it just didn't work for me.
As for the effects in the movie, well they were alright actually. They had gone through some work with the gore. Though some of the prosthetics looked really fake. But again, being an outrageous Japanese comedy/horror, you can live with it. I suppose movies like "Stacy" paved the road for future movies like "Tokyo Gore Police", "Meatball" and "Machine Girl".
The movie is a comedy/horror and I suppose for a Japanese movie it might be alright, but for a western audience, a movie like "Shaun of the Dead" is far better in both production and entertainment value.
I love horror movies, I love zombie movies, and I love Japanese movies, so I had thought that "Stacy" would have been just the right thing for me, but sadly the movie was just too much. It failed to be funny and it failed to be scary. It was just something like having a lukewarm, soggy sandwiched served for lunch. Not a good thing!
The story told in the movie, is a bit lame. But you quickly get past that and enjoy the movie for its outrageous existence. Quickly summarized, then the movie is about girls reaching N.D.H. (Near Death Happiness) when they are in their late teenage years, only to rise as flesh eating zombies once they die. And that is pretty much it.
There are way too many characters in the movie that you don't really get attached to, because none of them have much screen time actually, and none of them are given any chance to have any depth or really outstanding personality. But then again, most people are only there for adding some stupid fact to the movie; such as the Romero Rekilling Special Unit military force that showed no particular military training or structure. It was all a big farce.
Sure the movie paid homage to George Romero's movies as well as the Evil Dead movies and especially Bruce Campbell. It was done in a funny enough way, that you got in to it, because it was so far out there.
The acting in "Stacy" is horrendous, but what can you expect in a movie of this type? There was a lot of overacting and the zombies, in particular, looked like crazed drug addicts staggering around looking for their next fix of amphetamine. What was up with the flicking tongues and rolling eyes? I suppose it did give the movie a comical approach, but it just didn't work for me.
As for the effects in the movie, well they were alright actually. They had gone through some work with the gore. Though some of the prosthetics looked really fake. But again, being an outrageous Japanese comedy/horror, you can live with it. I suppose movies like "Stacy" paved the road for future movies like "Tokyo Gore Police", "Meatball" and "Machine Girl".
The movie is a comedy/horror and I suppose for a Japanese movie it might be alright, but for a western audience, a movie like "Shaun of the Dead" is far better in both production and entertainment value.
I love horror movies, I love zombie movies, and I love Japanese movies, so I had thought that "Stacy" would have been just the right thing for me, but sadly the movie was just too much. It failed to be funny and it failed to be scary. It was just something like having a lukewarm, soggy sandwiched served for lunch. Not a good thing!